Re: [RBW] New-to-me Ram - Need tires!

[James Warren]

Kieren,
Despite the word on the street, I'll let you know that for me, the Ram with Jack Brown Greeeeeeen 700x 33.3333333 is just the beeeeee's kneeeeee's.

I have a lot of nice bikes, and the Ram, so equipped, keeps coming back to being my favorite of them. It's a 64 cm frame and I'm about 225 lbs. I have the handlebar about 2 centimeters lower than seat height.

Your tire choice sounds good. I've considered trying some 700x30's on my Ram, but my results have been so nice for over five years now that I always stick with the Jack Browns.

Enjoy the bike. It sounds like it should be pretty similar to mine. I use mine for long day rides and for metric centuries and for metric centuries like Levi's Fondo that goes on Willow Creek dirt road and for other rides with fire road options. I have also used it for two-night overnighters when I'm not bringing any cooking gear. For that purpose, I've put the Atlantis's rear wheel on the Ram and mainly loaded the rear with a rack and also used a very small handlebar bag. Such mini-tours on the Ram are excellent. I put on the Atlantis rear wheel with its extra spokes and 135 mm rear width. The Ram's rear spacing of 132.5 mm is wonderful for such versatility. (It's everyday "road" rear wheel is 130 mm with 32 spokes. Also, the Atlantis and Ram were both set up with identical Shimano 9-speed cassettes so that I could do this wheel-lending.) Also, about a quarter of my daily commutes are on the Ram. All of the above uses have been optimized through use of the Jack Brown Green tire. It's an outstanding bike.

-Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Kieran J
Sent: May 8, 2013 12:05 PM
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [RBW] New-to-me Ram - Need tires!

Yeah, will probably go without fenders for this one. I have other fendered bikes for poor weather riding.

Going to try the Resist Nomad 700x35 (31 actual) to start. Cheap enough to try 'em out for fun. I've heard people say that the Ram is most stable (or, was meant for) 700x28's, but I can't say no to that wasted bit of clearance...

KJ

On Wednesday, May 8, 2013 2:12:42 PM UTC-4, Larry Powers wrote:

After nearly 10 years of riding a Rambouillet I have found that with fenders the bike is built for 28mm tires.  Yes I did get slightly bigger tires on for awhile, Grand Bois 30mm,  but everything had to be just right.  I am feeding mine a steady diet of Ruffy Tuffy tires.

Without fenders the Jack browns would probably be a great choice.

Larry Powers
 
Get a bicycle.  You will not regret it if you live. - Mark Twain

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Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 15:39:12 -0700
From: kjo...@gmail.com
To: rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com
Subject: [RBW] New-to-me Ram - Need tires!

Hi all,

New Riv owner, long time lurker.

Received and built up a 66cm Rambouillet today (Thanks Ryan!). Moved all the parts over from my old ride, and things are feeling good.

However, I'm still running the 25mm Bontrager slicks. It's all that would fit on the Trek 710 that's now up for grabs. Anyone out there got some ~32mm light duty gumwall tires lying around?

I'm talking Jack Brown Greens, Grand Bois Cypres 30's or maybe even the Challenge Eroica.

And sorry about the loud colour palette in the photo. Yes, I promise to change the bar tape- maybe pale blue?

Cheers,

Kieran

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